Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso accused of raping young woman from his South African church and thrown into jail for eight years is now a free man.
This is because after spending eight years in jail, the truth about his crime has become clearer.
The judge presiding over the trial gave a verdict on Wednesday that Omotoso had been found not guilty because prosecutors had mishandled the case.
An assessment by South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) also found that ‘former prosecutors in the case acted improperly and the accused were not sufficiently cross-examined by the state’.
His co-accused, Lusanda Sulani and Zikiswa Sitho, were also found not guilty.
Mr Omotoso was arrested in 2017 at the airport while traveling out of South Africa. He faced 32 sexual assault charges.
In 2018 for instance, one of the alleged victims told the court she had been raped by the pastor when she was 14 years old.
Omotoso had denied the 32 charges in a trial that was broadcast live and gathered huge interest across the country.
Though he has been cleared by the court, reports suggest that Mr Omotoso will be deported to Nigeria.
SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
